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toe danced

toe danced is the simple past and past participle of toe dance.

Meaning of toe dance

Verb

toe dance (third-person singular simple present toe dances, present participle toe dancing, simple past and past participle toe danced)

  1. (literally) To dance on one's toes.
    • It was a common scene for one of the older boys to play the fiddle while the others toe danced.1955, Louis Salisbury Leatham, The Letham or Leatham family book of remembrance
  2. (figuratively) To avoid an issue.
    • Doctors toe dance around diagnosis of the disease, too.2013, Lori Micken, Eighty Years in Montana, page 205

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Questions about toe danced

What is toe danced the simple past and past participle of?
Toe danced is the simple past and past participle of toe dance.

Words near toe danced in the dictionary

  1. toe boxes
  2. toe cap
  3. toe caps
  4. toe cheese
  5. toe dance
  6. toe danced
  7. toe dances
  8. toe dancing
  9. toe drag
  10. toe dragged
  11. toe dragging

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